Help with high school chorus?!
Question: i am in 9th grade. i dont think im very good at sight-singing but my chorus teacher does. therefore, she put me with a group of experienced upperclassmen girls. naturally i am intimidated by their experience and age. i know all the pitches. i can reach high Do and low Do and Sol and stuff like that. but, when i read the music, i dont know the names of the notes, only the pitches. i can sing them but i say the wrong words. what can i do? can you help me please? should i talk to my teacher and explain my concern? HELP ME
Answers: i am in 9th grade. i dont think im very good at sight-singing but my chorus teacher does. therefore, she put me with a group of experienced upperclassmen girls. naturally i am intimidated by their experience and age. i know all the pitches. i can reach high Do and low Do and Sol and stuff like that. but, when i read the music, i dont know the names of the notes, only the pitches. i can sing them but i say the wrong words. what can i do? can you help me please? should i talk to my teacher and explain my concern? HELP ME
I think it would be a good idea to talk to your teacher about it. Or you could talk to some of your classmates who are more experienced with reading music and ask them for some help.
Is it that you don't know which note is an A or a C or whatever? This website can help you learn what each note is called: http://datadragon.com/education/reading/...
I'm assuming you're a soprano or an alto, so you'd be treble clef. If you know what the notes sound like, all you need to learn is what they're called. Picking out notes on a piano helps to memorize what sound goes with what letter.
Hope this helps.